The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

LIFE: He-"Would you like to go to the opera
to-neht9r Sne-"Indeed I would, but haven't
any clothes" He-"O, that won't matter over
there"
A DOCTOR at Schenectady had female patient
with nervous trouble He ordered her to sit
in boilershop for two hours day, and the racket
cured her.
DIR. O. W. HOLMES, in his Atlantic article on
his Hundred Days Abroad" says that his first
impression of England. as seen from the
riage and from the cars, was, How very En-.
glish!"
OVER ST. 900, 900 worth of books were sold dur
ing the past year by Phillips & Hunt, mana
gers of the Methodist Book Concern in New
York The Western house, at Cincinnati sold
nearly 5000, GOO worth.
"MY DEAR he whispered softly, as they seat
ed themselves on the toboggan. eff on the way
down. should ask you to be my wife, what
would you say" What would you do if
should refuseF she whispered back II should
have to let you slide," he simply said
THE aged Emperor of Germany has expressed
wish to meet the Queen of England if possible
this year. His Majesty is of opinion that such a
meeting in the jubilee year of the Queen and
the nlnetieth of his own age would be most APP
propriate. and that it could not fail to have an
effect in favor of the peace of Europe.
QUEEN MARGARET, of Italy. personally Sc
lects all the Christmas presents for her servants
and for the inmates of her various charitable in
situations. To direct her in this task she keeps
book in which she notes down such hints as
the colors. of their eyes and hair, and other de-
tails. SO that the dresses. etc.. she may get them
will be becoming
A CURIOUS paper, by an English organist
upon "Melody in Speech" asserts that cow
moos in perfect fifth and octave or tenth; dog
barks in fifth or fourth: a donkey brays in a
perfect octave; horse neighs in descent on
the chromatic scale. Each person has his FUN
damental key in which he generally speaks, but
which he often transposes in sympathy to other
voices, or when he is excited
THE extent or degree of the oscillation of
chimneys mas been exactly measured by observa-
ton of the shadows cast by the sun upon the
ground. An instance in point is that of Chin
ney one hundred and fifteen feet high and four
feet in diameter externally at the top, near Mar
settles, France, the oscillations of which were
observed by the shadow during high wind to
attain a maximum of twenty inches.
CHIEF JUSTICE RICHARDSON, of the Massa-
| chusetts Court of Claims, has portrait of ex-
President Hill, of Harvard, painted by its sub
| ject and bearing an inscrintion in Latin. which
| may be translated thus: "For thee. Friend w.
| A. r., at thy request. l made in 1884 this nv
| first attempt at painting a human face" At the
date named DR. Hill was considerably more than
| sixty years old. Judge Richardson will ulti-
mately present the picture, which is said to be a
faithful likeness, to Harvard College, to be placed
| in Memorial Hail.
| MARY AMELIA MAGrSNIs wife of Arthur A.
Maginnis, of New Orleans and a daughter OF
the late William NJ. Tweed OF New York, died
suddenly in the former city on Thursday Her
marriage. which was solemnized some sixteen
| years ago, was one of the most elaborate that
/ New York had ever known, rvaling in point Of
| splendor and display any that has been cele-
brated since. After her fathers disgrace Mrs
| Maginnis went but little into society. but dis
| tributed charity and aims with unstinted hand
/ among the poor. Her age was only thirty six,
| and she retained to an unusual extent the phys
ical beauty which she possessed in former years.
PROF. IcHIsuKE FUJIoKA. graduate of the I'm.
perial. College of Engineers, Toxic. Japan, and
| S. Yashima, have been in this country since
| December last investigating electrical appliances
| Of all kinds, with view TO their introduction
! in Japan. They are at present in Philadelphia.